Braveheart...?

The Scottish First Minister has come in for some stick for publicly saying that he would not be supporting England in the World Cup. But why should he? There has always been a healthy rivalry between Scotland and England where football is concerned, just as there has equally been between Wales and England in the case of Rugby (Union). Apparently a best-selling T-shirt in Scotland is one which says: "I only support 2 teams - Scotland and any team that England plays". I'm sure if Scotland had qualified the majority of English supporters would be rooting for their opponents. That's the way it is and always has been. Unfortunately, there's always an idiot minority who take things too far, and apparently an Englishman living in Scotland has had his windows put in for displaying the flag of St. George, and has been publicly abused in the street for wearing an England shirt. Mind you, you have to wonder whether it was a terribly sensible thing to do. Shall we all just grow up?